A devotee reacts as vermilion powder is applied on his face during the “Sindoor Jatra” vermilion powder festival to welcome the arrival of spring and Nepali new year at Thimi, in Bhaktapur, Nepal on April 15, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Nepalese people carry a ceremonial palanquin while people smear vermilion-colored powder on each other during the “Sindoor Jatra” festival, part of the Bisket Jatra festival, in Thimi, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, 15 April 2025. Thousands of Nepalese gathered to celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival, which is celebrated to mark the Nepali New Year 2082, especially in the ethnic Newar communities in Bhaktapur. During the festival, ethnic Newar devotees visit temples, carry a chariot of Hindu gods and goddesses, and smear vermilion-colored powder on each other's faces during the Sindoor Jatra festival. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





Residents participate in a candlelight vigil to pay homage to victims of the 2015 earthquake to mark its 10th anniversary in Kathmandu on April 25, 2025. Ten years ago, on April 25, 2015, the ground beneath Nepal shuddered with a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing nearly 9,000 people, injuring over 22,000, and leaving millions homeless. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





The Swayambhunath Stupa is pictured during Buddha Purnima that commemorates Buddha's birth anniversary, in Kathmandu on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A devotee holds up a butter lamp while praying to Rato Machindranath, during the Rato Machindranath (Rain God) festival in Patan, Nepal, 13 May 2025. Hindus and Buddists in Nepal celebrate Ratomachindranath festival by pulling a 60-feet-high wooden chariot all over the valley for a month. The festival is observed annually to bring good rainfall, good harvest, prosperity and good fortune for the coming years. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





A devotee places a blessed flower on his head during the Rato Machindranath (Rain God) festival in Patan, Nepal, 13 May 2025. Hindus and Buddists in Nepal celebrate Ratomachindranath festival by pulling a 60-feet-high wooden chariot all over the valley for a month. The festival is observed annually to bring good rainfall, good harvest, prosperity and good fortune for the coming years. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





Mountaineers form a queue as they approach the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 18, 2025. (Photo by Kunga Sherpa/AP Photo)





The peak of Annapurna I’s north face is seen from Myagdi, Nepal, on Monday, June 2, 2025. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Nepali farmers transplant paddy saplings in their field on the outskirts of Lalitpur District in Nepal on June 26, 2025. (Photo by Sanjit Pariyar/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Children splash mud as they celebrate “National Paddy Day”, which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, at a paddy field in Jeetpur Phedi village on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 29, 2025. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A Buddhist devotee spins a large prayer wheel at the Boudhanath Stupa on the outskirts of Kathmandu on July 2, 2025. Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on July 2, at the start of the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference, that the 600-year-old institution will continue after his death, a decision that will have profound impact on his Buddhist followers. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Babu Tamang and his dog Shayam wait for passengers in Thamel, a tourist hub in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Exiled Tibetan women in traditional attire carry ceremonial scarf as part of the rituals during the 90th birthday celebration of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tibetan Camp in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Tibetan dance performer holds a mask while waiting for the function to start during the 90th birthday celebration of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tibetan Camp in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Exiled Tibetan women in traditional attire carry ceremonial scarf as part of the rituals during the 90th birthday celebration of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tibetan Camp in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Tibetan woman crosses a road as Nepalese police stand guard outside the Tibetan Camp during the 90th birthday celebration of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Tibetan woman gets ready to perform at a cultural show during the 90th birthday celebration of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tibetan Camp in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A woman prays during a Sarwan Brata (fast) offering to Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 21 July 2025. Nepalese Hindu women wearing red, yellow and green attire, flock to temples during Sarwan month to pray for a long and prosperous life for their husbands, or to find a good husband. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





The Newar community burns an effigy of the demon Ghanta Karna on the day of the Gathe Mangal Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on July 23, 2025. (Photo by Ambir Tolang/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)